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(No Model.)

J. B. SMITH.

' GLOVE 0R SHOE BUTTONER.

No. 368,024. I Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

WTTNESSES, I E T? UNITED STATES JAMEs B. SMITH,

on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNon TO THE srANDAnD PENCIL COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

GLOVE oa'sHoE BUTTONER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,024, dated August9, 1887.

Serial No. 229,572. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Pocket Glove or Shoe Buttoners, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a fulland complete specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat, convenient, and compactpocket glove or shoe buttoner.

My invention consists in combining a closed wire loop glove or shoebuttoner of the form shown with a cylindrical case open at the endsonly, into which it can be slid when not in use. A solid head is securedto the end of the case, and this isprovided with notches through whichthe wire sides' of the but-toning-loop pass, and these notches alsoserve the purpose ofstrengthening and steadying the loop when in use.The case may contain a sliding penoil, as shown.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the device with both pencil andglove-buttoner slid into the case. Fig. 2 is a similar view with thebuttoning-hook fully withdrawn and the pencil partly withdrawn. Fig. 3is a rear end view of the cylindrical body of the case. Figs. 4 and 5are views of opposite sides of the buttoning-loop when removed from thecase.

' Fig. 6 is a View of the inner body portion. Fig.

7 is a view of the buttoner closed when constructed without the pencil.

40 f, Fig. 6.

a is a plain thin tubular case flanged over inwardly at the rear end andprovided with the diametrically-opposite notches a a.

I) is a globular cap having grooves upon opposite sides. One of thesegrooves is shown at To 1) is soldered a tube, 1), in which a spiralslot, h, is out. A pin, i, set in the leadholder Z, works in this sloth,and also in a longitudinal slot in the smaller tube, in, which turnsinside of I), and itself contains the leadholder. The furtherdescription of these parts is, however, unnecessary, as they are thesame as those usually employed in the construction ofpropelling-pencils.

c is a tip.

d is the button hook or, more properly, loop, to which is soldered atthe open end a slotted hollow cylindrical piece, e, of such diameter asto closely fit the inside of the outer case. This has a slot, 6,extending completely through it, and one or more slips or saw-cuts,e,torenderitmore elastic. The metal of this cylindrical end is thin enoughto'permit it to slide freely over the parts of the propelling-pencil,and yet it has sufficient elasticity to hold it in any position, eitherin or out, and to make the sliding motion smooth and steady.

I am aware that combinations of a buttonhook and a pencil have beenmade, that but tonhooks sliding into a case have been in use, and thateven the combination of a loop glovebuttoner with a pocketpropelling-pencil in which the wire forming the loop slid into thecylindrical case by slots in that case has been in use, and I thereforedo not claim, broadly, the combination of a propelling-pencil with anadjustable buttoner; but What I do. claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is A The combination of the cylindrical case a, open atthe end and provided with the notched head I) and the notches a, and theelastic wire loop (I, of the form shown and having the cylindrical enda, all constructed and operating substantially asshown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day ofFebruary, 1887.

JAMES B. SMITH.

Vitnesses: a

W. C. MAINLAND, GEO. H. SONNEBORN.

